Azem Vllasi

Azem Vllasi (23 December 1948-) was President of the League of Communists of Kosovo from May 1986 to 1988, succeeding Kole Shiroka and preceding Kaqusha Jashari.

Biography
Azem Vllasi was born in Kosova Kamenica, Yugoslavia in 1948, and he was involved with communist youth organizations; he became the first re-elected youth leader. In 1980, he challenged the autocratic ruler of Albania, Enver Hoxha, claiming that Albanians in Yugoslavia had better lives than those in Albania. From 1986 to 1988, he served as President of the League of Communists of Kosovo, and he was fired due to his refusal to accept the ending of Kosovo's autonomy. After the dissolution of Yugoslavia, he became a lawyer, author, and political adviser/consultant, and he became a member of the Social Democratic Party of Kosovo.